The 24-year-old, who attended to honor the emergency personnel who helped save his life, wore a jacket with a playful depiction of Jesus on the cross.
, decided he didn’t like it, taking to social media to say: “You should be thanking God son! This is Blasphemy!! We all fall short but cmon man! I find this disrespectful!!” Although he was quick to blast Hamlin, Peterson came back with a calmer Instagram post Monday, once he’d spoken to him. “I want to be clear, I’m the last person to judge anyone, and that was never my intention,” he wrote.
“However, I do feel as if the jacket was disrespectful and it was something that I needed to share… After speaking with Damar, I have an understanding that it didn’t come from a place of ill intent!” In a Wednesday tweet, Hamlin said, “After talking with my parents I understand how my coat could have offended some people. It was never my intentions to hurt or disrespect anyone, the coat is abstract art to me.
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